1823 Birth:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 260.,561 Birth year of 1823 estimated from age at death (33 years 5 months) on tombstone in St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. Birth place of Ohio taken from 1850 census enumeration.

1840 Marriage:462,286, p. 6. Marriage of Daniel Bitler and Sarah Jane Vantress on May 10, 1840 in Allen County, Ohio.

1840 U.S. Census:1015 Sarah Jane recorded in the household of her husband Daniel Bitler Jr. in Jamestown, Allen County, Ohio as a female, age 15 to 20. Sarah Jane, about age 16, and Daniel, age 20, were the only members of the household enumerated; Benjamin and Sylvester Van Tress were apparently nearby. Only a few households were enumerated in Jamestown, which was adjacent to Clay Township.

1843 Death of Father:374, v. 1, p. 57. Will of father Benjamin Vantress recorded as: "Vantress, Benjamin - Clay Twp. - dated 4-27-1843; recorded 7-8-1843 - Wife: Mentioned but not named - Children: Sylvester Vantress, Mary Burden, Lydia Rees, Sarah Jane Bitler, Thomas, Ann Eliza, Almira, Benjamin Jr., Abigail, Elizabeth and Clarender Vantress. Executors: John Morris and Sylvester Vantress - Signed: Benjamin Vantress - Witnesses: Charles Martin and John M. Shaw."

1850 U.S. Census:561 Sarah Jane enumerated in the household of her husband Daniel Bitler in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 26, born in Ohio.

1856 Tombstone:171, v. 1, bk. 2, p. 260. St. Johns Cemetery, Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
Sarah Jane Bitler
wife of Daniel
d. Sept. 18, 1856
33y 5m